Quechee, Vt. — Joseph P. DesMeules, 97, died Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018, at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H. following a brief illness. A visitation will be held at the Knight Funeral Home in White River Jct. on Thursday, Feb. 15 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. A complete obituary will follow in a later edition of the Valley News.